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$PECIFICATICN forming part of l'ietiuarn Patent No. 392,037, dated October 30, 1888.

Application filed February 23, 1888. Serial 1510.201388. (K0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ARTHUR Juuenmsol the city of Schrainherg, in the Kingdom of Wiirtemberg and German Empire, have invented a. certain new and useful impros'eu ieut in Apparatus for the Automatic Delivery of Prepaid Goods, of which the following ise specification, refcrence'being lied to the so componyiug drawings, and to, the lctiersof reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to automatic delivery apparatus, and has for its object to provide apparatus of this kind with improvements by which both the purchaser of goods contained in the said apparatus is enabled to operate the latter more easily and in o. simplified manner s also found to be deficient, inasmuch as and the vendor of the sold goods is rendered more secure against fraudulent manipulations.

in the automatic app-.iratus es heretofore proposed for the delivery of prepaid goods the purchaser had in most noses to pull out a. (l I'2'LW6l',Ol the lil;e,before he could put himself in possession of the article set free by the coin pnid into the apparatus, while according to the present invention the prepaid article is delivered by the apparatus to the purchaser, so that the letter need but stretch out his hand to take holilof it. lilost of the automatic delivery apparatus as heretofore employed were they ollowed of being put in operation by any worth less counterfeit or by curdboard .or sheet- :nctal disks, provided that these couuterfeits hell but nearly or wholly the diameter and the approxinmte form of the 'enuiue ooiznwhich, according to the intentions of the seller, lied to he placed into the apparatus as an equivalent for the article to he delivered. To remove this difliculty is another object of this invention, provision being made for preventing the counterfeit pieces from coming; into contact with the operating mechanism and for enhilr iting to the eye for n considerable length of time the coins which have acted in an opera.- tive manner upon the delivery mechanism of the apparatus.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide the apparatus with. means to inform the purchaser and thescller of the fact that all of the articles placed in the apparatus have been sold out and to prevent the further'insertion of coins in this event.

lo the accompanying drewingsfiorming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front eleva tion of my improved apparatus; Fig. 2 2. side 5 5 view, and Fig. 32. front view, of the same, the casiug of the apparatusbeing partly cutaway and illustrated by section in these two lostneined views; and Figs. 4, e, 5, 6', 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 illustrate details, which will he referred to explicitly in the following specification.

Referring to Figs. 2 end 3 of the drawings, A indicates a clock-work arranged at the upper part of the apparatus, and B a spiral of motel or other suitable material and fastened 6 to the vertical shaft 0. of the toothedwheel d of the clock-work A. Theshafta has itsbeerlug upon the conical pivot a, andthe spiral B is arrenged on the shaft so that there remains sufficient open space between its'convolotions to allow of inserting between each com volution on the right and left hand side of the shaft u on article to be sold or a package containing one or more of such articles-Jar instance, a package, 2), full of chocolate orsweetmeat. At its lower end, B, the spiral B is cut away, so that on its being turned by the clockwork A in the direction indicated by the orrows the package 5, resting lowermost,will be dropped by the spirelefter half a revolution of the latter. The said package b will drop down from the end B of the spiral and slide out of the apparatus on the inclined plate 0, extending through the slot 0 in the front Wall of the apparatus. The packages or other ar- 8: ticlcs delivered by the apparatus will thus be u dropped upon the inclined planep alternately on the right and left hand side of the shaft 41;

The pinion d, transmitting the required intermittent rotary motion to the shaft a, is reta-inrd in'its normal position by the stop-lever :2, Figs. 4 and 5, the front end of which will come to lie alternately in front of the piusd and d inserted in the uppersurfece of the toothed wheel d; Thus it will be seen that the clock-work A can be rendered operative only after the one or the other of the pins (2. d has come out of contact with the lever e. This'is effected by means of the lever f, FigAflwhieh. is connected with the elbow-lewerf by means 5.00

of a \i'il(:,f', and depressed by a coin inserted through the slot (1, 'lrig-s. 1,2, and 3, amldropping upon the end of the long arm of the leverj', which will cause thclcrcrj to be pulled down at its end connected with the wirej" and to be raised at its other i-nd which underlies the Stop-lever c, and the latter will thus be lifted out of contact with the pin (1' or rl", respectively. 'ihe pinion it will then be free to rotate and turn the shaft a, with its spiral 1;, until its motion is arrested again by one of its pins d or d" striking, against the lever 12, which will drop down upon the surface of the pinion d by its own gravity shortly after it has been raised by the levcrf the latter being pushed ill'iWdJfti again at its rear end by the spiral spring)", and lowered at its forward end immediately after the levcrf has been freed of the coin, which has rested upon the ltvcrf onlyjust fora moment and then fallen down into the guidel), leading to the cash-box. The pin 11 being arranged diametrically opposite to the pin d it follows that tho movcmcn of the pinion d will always be arrested again after shaft avanrl the spiral 1 have made half a revolution, and that consequently with this an rangcmcnt of apparatus for each coin paid into the apparatus one package of chocolate or other article will be delivered; but it will be seen that by removing one of the pins d d the spiral would make an entire revolution and the same apparatus icl-v two packages for each coin received, and that by inserting two more pinsbetwceu the pim t'd the. spiral B would make but a quarterofa revolution and the same apparatus require two coins before it would deliver one package or article.

in order to prevent purchasers from manipulating, fraudulently with the apparatus, an improved device for assorting thcgood and bad coins has been inserted between the slot itthrough which the coins are introduced into. the apparatus by the purchaser, and the lever by which the apparatus is put in operation, Fig. 2. Figs. 1), lo, and 1,1 of the drawings illustrate this improved assorting device, re spectively, in side viewand transverse sections on the line 'lhesame is made, prob erably, of galvanized iron or other metal, and consists ol'thc (,il'llillllftfl iilOli U, a bar, I)", having the groove l)", and a rail or flat bar, 1), of sheet iron or other suitable light material, pivotally connected with the body containing the slot and resting with its free end on an extension, 1) of a support, 1)", a sing from the end of the bar l)". The whole is arranged in a laterallyinclined position, as shown. The groove ,1 i" constructed so that; the pieces of money of the proper value will bejust in contact with the rail 1), while the thinner pieces will enter the groove deeper, and although th y may be of the same diameter as the, genuine ones they will not be guided by the rail, that they will tumblcovcr sidewise and fall from underneath the rail on a reoeiv= lug-trough, 1)", Fl 3, arranged underneath the bar i),and lea ing the bad pieces into a conduit, 1), whereby they will be delivered into the cash-box in the lower part of the apparatus, a clogging of counterfeit pieces between the bar I) and the rail being prevented by the pivotal arrangement of the latter. The good'pleccs will roll along the rail 1) and enter the conduit I) at the end of the latter,

which ,will conduct them to the operating niccliaiiisiii---l,liat is to say, upon the end of the lever}, Fig-. 2, whose function has been already explained.

it will-bc seen that in an automatic delivery apparatus provided with an asserting deviccconstriictcd as so far described the operation of the actuating and dciivcry mechanism would be effected by such genuine or counterl'cit pieces only having just exactly the diameter, shape, and thickness of the coin intended by the vendor to operate thesaidmechanism; hutin order to eli mi natealso those pieces which may have just exactly the dimensions and the outlinesofthepropergcnuinepicces,butwaich arc of smaller weight than the latter, the bent lever D", having the flap 1)", Figs. 9, 10, and 11, is arranged a short distance behind the entrancc slot t), the said flap in its normal position ncing in line with tliesaid slotaud above the groove 1)". The lever D" is journaled on a pivot, I), in a bracket on the side of the bar 1), and its lower arm, I), carries a counterweight, which in the device illustrated in the drawings consists of an adjustable nut, I)", screwed upon the threaded end of the arm I)". The counter-weight or nut l)" is adjusted on the extension 1), so that the flap 1) will recedc or fall back under the weight of the passing coins having the proper weight ofthe genuine pieces, while the pieces of smaller than the required wcight-such as cardboard disks, marks, or the like--will be thrown off from the bar 1) by the counterbalanced flap D, 'as' indicated in Fig. 11 of the drawings, and drop down upon the trough I). By these means all the pieces short of weight will be elirulnaled immediately behind the entrance-slot, while the pieces of full weight but not of the proper diameter, shape, or thickness, will drop oil from underneath the rail 1) to the opposite side, so that neither of them can have any actuating effect upon the delivery mechanism of the apparatus, as will be readily understood.

i will now proceed-to describe the mechanism for exhibiting t0 the eye of the public for a considerable length of time the pieces which have acted in an operative manner upon the delivery mechan ism, and for informing the public or the vendor that the articles stored for sale in the apparatus have been sold out, and preventing in this case the further introduction of coins into the slot (1.

Referring to Fig. 6 of the drawings, which represents the toothed wheel (1 as seen from below, if d are two pins inserted in the lower surface of the pin ion daud striking alternately against, and thus imparting motion to, a lever, y, always a short time before the spiral ll has completed its half of a revolution. The

*leve'r g is fixed upon a pivot, g, which carries the "pawl hin contactwith the ratchet-wheel h, so that when the lever g'is turned in the'direction of the arrow'by the pin d or d, as the 5 case may be, it will transmit rotary motion to the pivot 9' and its connected pawl h, which will turn the ratchet-wheel h for the distance of one tooth. Immediately after the pin (P or d has passed out of contact with the lever g the latter will be returned into its normal po sition again by the retracting-spring h acting upon the pawl hand turning the latter with its connected pivot g back into their' former positions. The teeth of the ratchet-wheel h li ig are entered also by the pawl it, having the le- 9 t er h and being journalcd upon the pin h, ipnd it will. be noticed that this p. wl h will be raised by the teeth 'of the wheelh at each in termittent motion of the latter. The lever h will then be brought to bear against the short arm of the angular lever i, journaled on the pivot i, Fig. 3, which will cause the long arm dot the leverii to be moved in an upward direction. The end of thelong arm iis connected with a lever, 1", by meansof the wire i, and the lever t" is fixed upon a pivot, i"',carrying the arx 'esting eutoff i", so that the latter will be swung out sidewise after each halfrevolution of the spiral'B by the lever;arm 2", the wire iand the lever 2" being raised in the manner just described. The said parts are returned into their normal positions and the pawl It brought into contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel h" again by the weighthZapplied to the free end of the lever i, as will be readily understood. ,The hooks of the cut-oil 1" enter' laterally into guiding-grooves k, ar-

ranged'underneatlrthe conduit D, into which the coin, having acted upon the lever f, will drop from the latter. This coin upon enter ing between the guides It will be grasped by the lower hook of the cut ofi't' and be retained by the latter until the spiral B has nearly completed its partial revolution caused by the said coin,when the lever i will beraised in the manner before described and the coin be released fromthe clutch turne sidwise, so'that it is now free to drop out of the guidinggrooves and fall into a suitable receiver or cash-box arranged inthe lower part.of the apparatus. The guidinggrooves k are arranged in such a manner that the coin therein retained by the cut-off t can be seen from the outside through a window, E, Fig. 1, which arrangement will allow of detecting at a glance whether bad money has been used for the purchase of one of the articles for sale. In order to present to the eye for a considerable length of time the pieces which have had an operating effect upon the delivery mechanism, three or more windows E should be provided, and two or a relatively more coins be inserted between the guidinggrooves It before the apparatus is closed and presented to the public. The lowermost of the coinsinserted will then be retained by the cut off if, as above described,

until a coin dropping upon the lever f will cause the'spiral B to make a partial rotation, whereupon the lower hook of the cut-oiliwill release the said lowermost coin, while the upper hook of the clutch will retain the next coin above until the clutch has been returned into its normal position again by the action of the weight it The coin held by the upper clutch; hook will then drop down upon the lower book, so that by these means the operatingcoin will reniain visible from the outside to any one during three delivery periods,and thus there will be much better chances than heretofore to detect a cozener in the very'act of defrauding. The number of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel h is made to correspond to the number of partial revolutions necessary to be imparted to the spiral B from the time of lin- 1 I ing the latter with the articles to be sold up to the sale of the last. article therein contained, this arrangement being made'for the purpose of causing the slot 0 for the insertion of the coins to be closed automatically, and :l'or acquainting the public with the fact that all the salable articles in the apparatus have been sold out bypresentiug to view, likewise in an automatic manner, the words Sold out of a sign-board F, Figs. (3, 7, and 3, containing the words Sold out and Filled. To this end the ratchet-wheel It has been pro vided with an arm, lt'g'which, after the spiral B has been lined with goods, is adjusted so that it will be immediately behind the upper horizontal extension of a rod, l, pivoted at l to the door G of the apparatus and provided with a bolt, l", arrangml to enter a groove, in, just behind the slot 0. The rod lhas also the arm Z", and upon the latter rests a pin, a, fixed to the rear side of the sign-board F, the front of which is shown in Fig. 8. \Vhen the pin it rests upon the arm 15, the sign I! will present to the purchasers the word Filled, this po' sition being represented in (i and 7 oi the drawings. It will be seen from Fig. (i that the arm h hasjust arrived in front of the upper horizontal extension of the rod 1, which would prove that the ratchet-wheel h is just completing one full revolution and that the next coin actuating the delivery mechanism will remove the last article from the appara tus. At the same time the arm It? will come in contact with the rod Z andpush the latter aside, which will cause the arm I to be withdrawn from under the pin n, and the Sign board F, guided on the bar a, to drop down until its pin it, arranged below the pin n,will come to bear-upon the rod Z. The bolt Z willbe pushed behind the slot 0, and thedropped sign F present to the public the words Sold out. This position is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. Fig. lshows the samcposition, the sign-board presenting the words Sold out through the open space F in-the door and the bolt 6 barring the slot 0 and preventing the insertion of more coin.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- he li 1. ,In an apparatus for the automatic delivery of prepaid goods, the combination, with a motor intermittently operated by a coin acting upon one of a series of levers connected therewith and operating substantially as described, of a shaft carrying a spiral, 13, whose pitch corresponds to Oneflimensionot' the articles to be placed for sale between its several convolutions, the lowermost of which is cut away, so that one of the articles is discharged from the lower end 01' the spiral after each half-revolution of the latter, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an automatic delivery apparatus, the combination, with a clock-work intermittently operated by a coin acting upon one of agseries of levers connected therewith and o 'ierating substantially as described, of the shaft'a-and the spiral B, surrounding the latter, the pitch of the said spiral corresponding'to one dimcir sion of the articles for sale and its lowermost convolution, .B, being cut away, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. In an automatic delivery apparatus, the clock-work A, having the pinion d, carrying one or more pins, 11 d", the stop-lever e, the leverf, and the coin-operated lever f, con nected therewith, in combination with the shaft a and its-surrounding spiral B, whose pitch corresponds to one dimension of the articles for sale, while it is cut away sharp at its lowermost convolution, B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In an automatic delivery apparatus, a casing provided with an inclined entrance-slot for the reception of the inserted coin, in combination with a pivotally-arranged lever having a fiapinimediately behind the said slot and in the path of the rolling coin, and an ad justable counterweight for controlling the position of the said flap,so that it will allow the pieces of full weight only to continue their couise,while those short of weightare diverted sidevyise and automatically thrown out of their course, substantially as and for the purpose specified. f

5. In an automatic delivery apparatus, the

6. In an automatic delivery apparatus, the" combination, with the clock-work A and the spiral 15, of the conduits l) and l), the guide It. eut-ofi' i, lever i, counter-weight connectiug'rod i angular lever i", lever '11", pawl It, ratchctwvheel It, driving-pawl h, pinion d, and pins (Pd, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

'7. In an automatic delivery apparatus, he

combination, with a ratchctwheel haviiig an arm, h and teeth corresponding in number to 7 the number of articles to be sold by the apparatus, of a rod, Z, pivotally connected with the casing of the apparatus and having a laterallyprojecting bolt for registeringwith the coinreceiving slot in said casing, substantially and for the purpose described.

8. In an automatic delivery apparatus, the combination, with a ratchet-wheel having an arm, h and teeth corresponding in number to the number ol'articles to be sold by the appara tus, ofa rod, Z, pivotaliy connected with the eas ing of the apparatus, and a laterally-projecting arm, l, upon said-rod, and a sliding sign board having the pin a sustained by said projecting arm, substantially as and for the purpose specilicd. I

in testimony whereoi'l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sat scribing witnesses.

- A lt'llIUlt JUNGHANS.

Witnesses:

LUDWIG S'roLLWisnoit, GUS'IAVE Aiinnn'r ()nrimous. 

